Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/8/2011

Commonwealth v. Caldwell

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459 Mass. 271
945 N.E.2d 313
2011 Mass. LEXIS 160

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holding that the trial court was justified under Presley in excluding spectators from the courtroom, including members of the defendant's family, during sentencing phase of trial because the record showed they had made explicit threats of bodily harm against a court officer
holding that the trial court was justified under Presley in excluding spectators from the courtroom, including members of the defendant’s family, during sentencing phase of trial because the record showed they had made explicit threats of bodily harm against a court officer
holding that the trial court was justified under Presley in excluding spectators from the courtroom, including members of the defendant's family, during sentencing phase of trial because the record showed they had made explicit threats of bodily harm against a court officer
“formal adversary proceedings [had not] commenced against him, so his right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment or art. 12 had yet to attach”
one or two spectators removed from court room after alleged threat to court officers
implicit right to public sentencing

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Judges: Botsford, Cordy, Cowin, Gants, Ireland

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